Manhattan: 59th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

1925; 1937

Manhattan: 59th Street (West) - 5th Avenue

(1) Central Park South, west from Fifth Ave., to Columbus Circle, showing buildings that face the southern edge of Central Park. At the left is the Plaza Hotel; in the center, on the S.E. corner of Sixth Ave., is the New York Athletic Club, and beyond it, though dimly visible, are the Spanish Flats. December 1925. Brown Brothers. (2) A similar view from the northern half of the Grand Army Plaza, showing the change in the building outline; prominent of which are the St. Moritz Hotel and the Essex House. August 4, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection